sensitize
sen suh tahyz
- v make sensitive or aware
He was not sensitized to her emotional needs - v cause to sense; make sensitive
She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society
My tongue became sensitized to good wine - v make sensitive to a drug or allergen
Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen - v make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion
sensitize the photographic film
- I think we need to do a great deal in America to sensitize and educate police authorities on the whole question of race.
- Exposure to a drug may sensitize a patient and cause a dangerous allergic reaction on the next exposure.
- Your physician may first give you pills that can either sensitize your body to insulin's effects or help your body produce more of the hormone.